On to the life advice for a young person in the family - I don't think there's any finer advice out there than the words of this song. It's a favourite of mine, and I've often credited Baz Luhrmann with it - but it originally took the form of an article entitled Advice, like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young by Mary Schmich. It appeared in the Chicago Tribune in 1997, and was Mary's idea of the commencement speech she would give if she were ever asked to write one. You can read it here.

Just listen to the lyrics. Really listen to them. It makes me cry, but then again I cried when someone was sent home on The Great British Bake Off, so that may not be an indication of how powerful it is.

I've turned into such a soppy sap of late - I've just finished watching Les Miserables (the one with Liam Neeson) - I'm still weepy eyed after it! I always cry at the end of movies (well not comedies, that would just be plain weird!) and sad books, I'm always just one sad violin piece from getting a hanky out!

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